LETTER BOX PALACE STREET THE FIRST TO BE PAINTED GREEN
This is located at the beginning of Palace Street the shortest street in Dublin.
Novelist and postal official Anthony Trollope, who lived for a time in Donnybrook, is credited with introducing post boxes to Ireland in the mid-19th century.
Back in 1922 rather than replacing red British Postboxes the Irish Government decided to save money by painting them green even though the street furniture in question featured the royal cypher symbols [logos] such as ER (Edward Rex), GR (George Rex) and VR (Victoria Regina), complete with a large crown in many if not all cases.
It is claimed that the postbox in my photographs was the first to be painted green in Ireland.
Note: I am aware that many postboxes in the UK were originally painted green rather than red.
Novelist and postal official Anthony Trollope, who lived for a time in Donnybrook, is credited with introducing post boxes to Ireland in the mid-19th century.
Back in 1922 rather than replacing red British Postboxes the Irish Government decided to save money by painting them green even though the street furniture in question featured the royal cypher symbols [logos] such as ER (Edward Rex), GR (George Rex) and VR (Victoria Regina), complete with a large crown in many if not all cases.
It is claimed that the postbox in my photographs was the first to be painted green in Ireland.
Note: I am aware that many postboxes in the UK were originally painted green rather than red.
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